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No. 623,493. Patented Apr. 18, I899. W. H. TIVY G. J. E. HILL.

TWINE HOLDER.

(Application filed Sept. 28, 1898.)

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\VILLIAM H. TIVY AND JOHN E. HILL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNORS 7 TO THE AMERICAN ROLL PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TWlNE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,493, dated'April 18, 1899.

I Application filed September Z8, I898- Serial No.692,111. Ne mulch To all 21/720171 it may concern.-

Be it known that we,\VILLIAM I-l. TIVY an d JOHN E. HILL, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, and residents of the city of St. Louis,

in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvemeu ts in Twine-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this to specification.

Our present invention relates to certain improvements in the class of twine-holders shown and described in United States Letters Patent No. 558,437, issued April 14, 1896, to the American Roll Paper Company.

Our present invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of ourinvention is to so construct a twine-holder thatit can be easily and quickly adjusted to suit different-sized openings or bushings in balls of twine and which when the balls are adjusted thereon will firmly hold the balls against any'possibility of being dis- 2 5 lodged.

Figure I is a side elevation of our improved twine-holder, a ball of twine being shown partly in elevation and partly in section. Fig. 11 is a detail side View showing a ball held in place by the stem of the holder without the use of the expanding-cylinder. Fig. III is an enlarged detail View, part in elevation and part in section, showing the cylinder in a raised position. Fig. 1V is a similar view showing the cylinder in its lowest posit-ion. Fig. V is a transverse section through the lower end of the cylinder.

1 represents a stand such as is shown and described in the patent referred to. Extend- 4'0 ing from the base of this stand is a stem having a reduced middle portion 2, a threaded enlarged inner portion 3, and a conical end 4.

5 represents a sectional cylinder fitting over the stem and having an internal thread 6 at its lower portion that engages the thread on the stem. The cylinder has a reduced central portion 7, beneath which the sections are provided with ribs 8 externally and above which the sections are provided with external threads or grooves 9. Internally the cylinder is contracted at 10, above which it has an enlarged opening 11 and beneath which it has an enlarged opening 12. The sections of the cylinder are held together preferably by means of a wire 13, fitting in grooves 14 in the ribs 8, and at the point where the wire surrounds the sections they are provided with engaging projections and recesses 15, (.see Fig. V,) which, with the wire, serve as hinges for the sections.

' WVhen a ball of twine is slipped over the cylinder, it is engaged by the ribs 8 with sufficient force to cause the cylinder to be turned by turning the ball. lVhen the ball is turned, the cylinder screws outwardly on the stem from the position shown in Fig. IV toward the position shown in Fig. III, and as it does so its outer end is expanded by the cone 4 into forcible contact with the inner wall of the ball, and this pressure can easily be made so great as to prevent any possibility of the ball being dislodged, and balls having different-sized openings may be held by screwing the cylinder outwardly more or less. The holder is avery eifective one, and owing to the fact that the parts can all be cast, requiring no machine-work, the holder is a comparatively cheap one.

Vhenit is desired to hold balls having very small central openings, it may be done by removing the cylinder and slipping the ball over the conical end 4 of the stem, as shown in Fig. II, the enlarged inner portion 3 of the stem limiting the insertion of the conical end in the ball and providing a shoulder for the support of the ball.

WVe claim as our invention-- 1. In a twine-holder, the combination of a support, a stem projecting from the support and having an enlarged outer end and a threaded inner end, and a sectional cylinder fitting over the stem and having an internal thread engaging the thread on the stem, whereby when the cylinder is screwed outwardly on the stem its outer end will be en- 5 larged, substantially as set forth.

2. In a twine-holder, the combination of a support, a stem mounted on the support, a sectional cylinder fitting on the stem and havin g threaded connection therewith, and means 1 0o for enlarging the outer end of the cylinder as it is moved outwardly on the stem, substantially as set forth.

3. In a twine-holder, the combination of a support, a stem mounted on the support and having a conical end, and a sectional cylinder having an externally-grooved outer end and fitting over the stem and having a threaded connection therewith; whereby when the cylinder is moved outwardly on the stem its outer end will be expanded, substantially as set forth.

4. In a twine-holder, the combination of a support, a stem mounted on the support and having a conical outer end, and a sectional cylinder fitting over the stem and having external ribs on its inner end and having also threaded connection with said stem, substantially as set forth.

5. In a twine-holder, the combination of a support, a stem fitting on the support and provided with a conical end, and a sectional cylinder fitting over the stem and having threaded connection therewith; said cylinder being contracted beneath the conical end of the stem, whereby when the cylinder is screwed outwardly on the stem its outer end will be expanded, substantially as set forth.

6. In a twine-holder, the combination of a support, a stem mounted on the support and provided with a conical end, a sectional cylinder fitting over the stem and having a threaded connection therewith and projections having recesses and a surrounding wire whereby said sections of the cylinder are hinged together, substantially as set forth.

'7. In a twine-holder, the combination of a stand and a stem having a reduced middle portion, a conical outer end of larger diameter than the middle portion, and an enlarged inner portion of larger diameter than the middle portion providing a shoulder for limiting the insertion of the conical outer end in a ball, and a support for the ball; substantially as described.

IVILLIAM H. TIVY. JOHN E. HILL. In presence of E. S. KNIGHT, STANLEY STONER. 

